Simone Bertazzo Explained

Simone Bertazzo
Birth Date:	19 August 1982
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Simone Bertazzo (born 19 August 1982) is a retired Italian bobsledder and current bobsled coach who has competed since 2001. He won a bronze medal in the two-man event at the 2007 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz.

Bertazzo also competed in two Winter Olympics, earning his best finish of tied for ninth in the four-man event at Vancouver in 2010.

In July 2018, he announced that he would retire from competition after the 2019 World Championships in Whistler,^[1] and the following November he was chosen to join fellow German Manuel Machata as the new head coach of the Italian national bobsled team.^[2]

References

1. News: 8 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181208212631/https://www.ibsf.org/en/news/8-bobsleigh/20679-bobsleigh-pilot-simone-bertazzo-ends-his-career. 16 July 2018. en. IBSF. Bobsleigh pilot Simone Bertazzo ends his career. live. ibsf.org.
2. News: 8 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181208211141/https://www.ibsf.org/en/news/8-bobsleigh/20848-bobsleigh-world-champion-manuel-machata-head-coach-of-italian-team. 7 November 2018. en. IBSF. Bobsleigh World Champion Manuel Machata head coach of Italian Team. live. ibsf.org.